Saturday, April 6, 2013

Stay creative...

There was this conversation with a dear friend on phone . Recently married, she was narrating her experience with the change in life. Then the conversation turned to how marriage slows down a woman's career. She gave the example of another friend who has just stepped into motherhood .How she is dealing with the mental conflict of her sphere of influence shrinking down to the baby and the home chores complexed with the husband's lack of cooperation.

I listened to her and said 'perhaps those professional women who have some creative outlet cope up better in such professional breaks. Creativity could be in general such a wonderful channelizer of all negative energy and frustration into something absolutely marvelous.'

I had slept over the thought and perhaps would have forgotten about it completely had a fantastic article not been shared on my FB wall.

Reading it I realized that even people who are creative face deep frustrating rejection of their work. This could perhaps blunt their creativity and make them give up.

But a truly creative spirit turns the table around and makes a rejection a trigger for creating something awesome .

This is exactly what two Irish designers Mark Shanley and Paddy Treacy did by TurningworstclientcommentsintoPosters! (Click on the link and have a look at the posters ) . The posters were exhibited and they became so popular that within 5 days of exhibition they raised thousands of Euros and donated it to a Children's Hospital.

So hold on to whatever creative tools you posses you never know when it would turn your life around. Ok! if thats a bit exaggerating it might just turn around your mood or outlook . Not a bad deal at all!

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Thoughts are always there swinging somewhere between sanity and insanity .... sometimes they linger , sometimes illuminate and sometimes evaporate... but sometimes they need a space to turn into a piece of my mind... these are just thoughts of a wandering ,pensive, exploring mind.....